Rabble-rouser for Peace

Informationen zum Autor First working as a journalist in South Africa, and then as Tutu's press secretary, John Allen was invited to join the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as Director of Communications in 1995. Next he joined the Archbishop's staff when he taught in Atlanta for two years. Thus he has had a unique opportunity to observe his subject at first hand and is being given complete access to the Archbishop's personal and public files. Already he has been granted a rare one-on-one interview with Mandela for the book. He lives in South Africa. Klappentext Subtitled, "The Authorised Biography Of Desmond Tutu". The first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures and a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere. It also tells the story of a crucial part of South Africa's history. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere.

Préface
The authorized biography of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the world's most charismatic peace campaigners and spiritual leaders, now in paperback

Auteur
First working as a journalist in South Africa, and then as Tutu's press secretary, John Allen was invited to join the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as Director of Communications in 1995. Next he joined the Archbishop's staff when he taught in Atlanta for two years. Thus he has had a unique opportunity to observe his subject at first hand and is being given complete access to the Archbishop's personal and public files. Already he has been granted a rare one-on-one interview with Mandela for the book. He lives in South Africa.

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Subtitled, "The Authorised Biography Of Desmond Tutu". The first book to tell the full story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures and a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere. It also tells the story of a crucial part of South Africa's history.

Résumé
Tells the story of how a boy from South Africa's poverty-stricken black townships became one of the world's best-known religious figures, a moral icon to those who work for peace and justice everywhere.